Favorite Movie Friday

I decided to do something a little bit different today *gasp*, I think I want to start including some more Mama stuff around here!!  Introducing my first Favorite Movie Friday (FMF) post, not every Friday but here and there Ill share with you some favorite movies of Mama, Dada and maybe baby.  I am a self proclaimed movie buff, although it has dwindled a bit since the Little was born. But nevertheless Ive decided our first movie for FMF would be "In Her Shoes", this of course is a Mama movie.

If you're a woman and have a sister and haven't seen this movie, please go rent/buy/watch it immediately.

Synopsis:  Straight laced Rose (Toni Collette) and younger party girl sister Maggie (Cameron Diaz) have a huge fight and go there separate ways.  Maggie goes to live with a long lost grandmother (Shirley MacLaine), neither sister knew about, who reveals a dark family secret that not only brings everybody together but helps them in their lost ways.

10 reasons I love this movie: 

1. I love Toni Collette, she makes the best happy faces and her sad faces make me sad too.

2. Rose's shoe closet! Looks amazing and I want it!!

3. Anybody else have a younger sister who is beautiful, I feel your pain Rose. By the way I have 2!!  

4. The movie shows the sister bond at its best and at its worst.

5. The inside joke about their stepmother is hysterical.  One thing I can always count on from my sisters are laughs!

6. Its a book!! No I haven't read it ( I will though, promise) but I love movies that are made from books.     I love reading the extra details that weren't in the movie and I truly believe in the phrase "the book was better", hopefully thats the case with this movie/book. 

7. The small wedding at the end is a dream.  

8. Maybe 7.5- Rose's fiancé and best friend are awesome and hilarious!!

9. The poem Maggie reads at the end is one of my favorites.  e.e. cummings "I carry your heart with me"

10. Who doesn't love Shirley Maclaine?? I mean come on!! Another favorite role she played would be Ouiser Boudreaux from Steel Magnolias!!

There you have it, my 10 favorite things about this movie.  Hopefully one day you'll see it on a shelf somewhere and give it a go! I really enjoyed this post and I will have more FMF posts here!!

Have a good weekend folks!!

<3 Mama Chuca

Squishes all around!

HELLO MONDAY!!

There was a lot of Weekend Fun had ova here!!

We spent Friday with Squish & Tia Linda; we did a little shopping at the mall and had a Chic Fil A dinner.  We even watched the old version of Footloose which is AWESOME!!
Saturday we hit Gymboree had a mighty big breakfast with Tia Lorri and Papaw then headed out to a couple of car places.  Thank goodness I did my research because I could see the rip off a mile away!! After test driving a few cars (Kia Sportage and Nissan Rogue) and talking with a salesman we parted ways sans car, which isn't too bad because I wanted to do more research and hone in on my haggling skills.  In the car, on the way home I was pretending to have a conversation with the sales guy (out loud) and I think I did pretty good!! Later that night we got to babysit Miss Squish! We read books, played with toys, ate popcorn, wrestled, drank juice, I folded clothes :/ and we had ourselves an awesome time!!  Sunday, Little and I had a lunch date with my preggy bestie and did some window browsing at a local party store for her baby shower!! Whoa Im super excited now!!

The photos above are of Little when he was in my office on Friday, he was still too grumpy for daycare. As you can see he thinks this is HIS office, he even turned that picture around so it was facing him!! I loved having him with me at work BUT it was very hard concentrating with that adorableness running around. I hope this Monday is super quick because that last photo is making me want to squish him!!

<3 Mama Chuca
P.S. Why does my phone not take awesome pictures?! 

Mothers Day!!

We had a big weekend over here!!!! I will be posting pictures and stories this week of our Family Mini Vacation. Today I wanted to do a special (yes late) Mothers Day post.

This past sunday, for Mothers Day, my sisters and I decided to take my mom out to brunch and to do some shopping for her.  Our first stop was Chili's for a real women brunch!! Yes we eat like we are hungry in this family :) there was lots of food, lots of laughing and 2 crazy toddlers!! Then we stopped at our favorite store ever TARGET!! Yes we love us some Target too, a $1 aisle of awesome goodies, a Starbucks, cute clothing for tots and mamas alike...cant beat that!!  My bigger-little sister, Tia Linda, bought my mom a couple of adorable outfits to mix and match from spring into summer. I bought my mom a nice workout outfit for a Fun run she will be participating in soon, so she can look good while she's doing good! Afterward we headed out to our local Barnes and Noble Bookstore, where my mom picked up a book for herself ( a gift from her sister). Then she and Tia Linda agreed to keep an eye on Little while I took a quick trip, with my baby-little sister Tia Lorri, to Forever 21 and snagged a cute cheap top (yes Im a confirmed penny pincher).  After I cleaned up the mess Little made in the children's section of the book store, we headed to Grammas house for more family fun, dinner and to watch The Vow (very cute, kinda sad).  It was a lot of fun to take my mom shopping and be able to do something super nice for her, after all she does so much for us at any given time.

That first photo is pretty much the only picture that I took Sunday! I have a slight problem in that if I'm having a lot of fun I always forget to take pictures (Dadas good at this).   Since Dada wasn't around, I don't have any pictures to show.  That photo at the top is when Little was playing with my phone and I decided I needed at least one picture to commemorate our 2nd Mothers Day together!  Yes we are blurry and out of focus but we look really happy, and thats what makes me love this little picture.

The second photo is my moms first day as a Gramma, holding Little.   There was lots of love in that room those first few days, thinking back I just remember a blur of family coming in and out of the room to meet Little.  I knew when I was pregnant that Little was going to be very loved but when I saw my mom holding him in the room after I gave birth, I felt like he was the luckiest little boy in the world. He would not only have my heart forever, but he already had a strong hold on my mothers heart as well.  She does so much for us and we are especially grateful for her.

The third photo of Little and Mama was taken the day he was born, right after he was cleaned and wrapped up.  Its very hard to put into words my emotion on that day, I just remember thinking "yes this is him" even though I had never seen him, it felt like I had known him forever.   He had the most beautiful eyes and they were dark just like mine, a secret wish I had (Dadas eyes are green).  Throughout my pregnancy and more so after I gave birth, I had a lot of fears that I would not be a good mommy or that somehow I would not measure up.  Over time those feelings have subsided, somewhat, yes I still get upset when I feel like I'm not doing something right but for the most part I feel that as long as Im trying my best Im giving him everything I have as a mother.  I thank God everyday that he gave me Little and that He made me a mother.

Happy Mothers Day to all the woman who are any kind of mom to anything or anybody!!!!
P.S- Check out this adorable tote Dada got this Mama for Mothers Day!! Im smitten!


<3 Mama Chuca